Ahnold --- Terminate such talk

Dear Ahnold,

See below.

This is cheap-shot stuff.

I am an admirer of yours, and (usually) of other citizen-politicians.

These "illegals" are mowing the lawns and washing the dishes of of your constituents.

Immigration, legal and sometimes illegal, has played a huge role in California's developement: Koreans, Chinese, Russian Jews, Japanese, Filipinos etc.

Not long ago there was an open border between Mexiico and the U.S.

The Reconquista movement is mostly hype.

The overwhelming majority of Mexican-American children go to school and speak English. Many of them serve in the military.

I repeat: Mexican-Americans have, in proportion to their numbers, the highest rate of Congressional Medals of Honor. That is our nation's highest military award. (DOD data.)

Ben

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Breaking from NewsMax.com
Schwarzenegger Talks Tough on Immigration

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, seeking to shore up support among conservatives, told the state GOP convention Saturday that he would be tougher on illegal immigration than Democratic opponent Phil Angelides. "My opponent wants to pull the National Guard off the border. He wants to give undocumented workers California drivers licenses," Schwarzenegger said, as a few in the lunchtime crowd at the Century Plaza Hotel hissed.

"His policies are disastrous." Angelides, in a conference call with reporters, accused Schwarzenegger of using the issue to divide Californians and said the governor was "stirring up his anti-immigrant right wing base." But the state treasurer also acknowledged he has said he would remove the guard troops from the border if he were elected governor. Angelides has also voiced support for allowing illegal immigrants to get drivers licenses.